Prose,Abraham Small. William Brown, printer, 1824 |
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... happening to break this egg; instead of a gosling, out crawled a reptile, which at first sight seemed a centipedes, but increasing in bulk every moment, it presently grew up into a mon VOL. II.— A ster as hideous to look upon as a ...
... happening to break this egg; instead of a gosling, out crawled a reptile, which at first sight seemed a centipedes, but increasing in bulk every moment, it presently grew up into a mon VOL. II.— A ster as hideous to look upon as a ...
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... happened, you may not only see my motions, but hear me think. It is true that this journal was written, in the first instance, for my own amusement, (though I grew tired of it at the end of nine days, the novelty having ceased,) yet as ...
... happened, you may not only see my motions, but hear me think. It is true that this journal was written, in the first instance, for my own amusement, (though I grew tired of it at the end of nine days, the novelty having ceased,) yet as ...
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... happened to know mine, that was sufficient for all the purposes of occasional conversation by the way : he was just such company as I like in such a case; he neither bored me with his eternal talk, nor expected me to entertain him with ...
... happened to know mine, that was sufficient for all the purposes of occasional conversation by the way : he was just such company as I like in such a case; he neither bored me with his eternal talk, nor expected me to entertain him with ...
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... happened to be an auction in the inn-yard where we changed horses. The man of the hammer was selling blankets, and I was perhaps more amused with his wit, level as it was with the soil, than if it had been of a higher mood, such as I ...
... happened to be an auction in the inn-yard where we changed horses. The man of the hammer was selling blankets, and I was perhaps more amused with his wit, level as it was with the soil, than if it had been of a higher mood, such as I ...
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... Happening to be recognised, I was asked, of course, to make a speech,— and I made a speech of course. But what did you say ?— That is more than I can recollect now, or they that heard me either, I suspect. The chronology of it was at ...
... Happening to be recognised, I was asked, of course, to make a speech,— and I made a speech of course. But what did you say ?— That is more than I can recollect now, or they that heard me either, I suspect. The chronology of it was at ...
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